Control of cryptosporidiosis in neonatal calves: Use of halofuginone lactate in two different calf rearing systems

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 143-151

  De Waele, V ^a,b   Speybroeck, N ^c,d   Berkvens, D ^c   Mulcahy, G ^d   Murphy, T M ^a  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calves; Cryptosporidium; Diarrhoea; Generalized estimating equations models; Halofuginone; Rearing system

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; HALOFUGINONE LACTATE; QUINAZOLINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FEMALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUINAZOLINONES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 77956010225     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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